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Max McNown Expands ‘Night Diving' With 11 New Songs: Stream It Now
Max McNown Expands ‘Night Diving' With 11 New Songs: Stream It Now

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time18-07-2025

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Max McNown Expands ‘Night Diving' With 11 New Songs: Stream It Now

Max McNown is giving fans even more of his soul-baring sound. The 23-year-old singer-songwriter has released the deluxe edition of his sophomore album, Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up), featuring 11 new tracks that chronicle themes of grief, healing, young love and self-discovery. The expanded set, out now via Fugitive Recordings x The Orchard x Columbia Records, arrives as McNown continues a meteoric rise in the country-folk space. Led by the focus track 'Forever Ain't Long Enough,' the deluxe album also includes a new version of 'Night Diving' featuring country artist Cameron Whitcomb. More from Billboard Snoop Dogg 'Proud' of Investment and Co-Ownership Stake in Swansea A.F.C. Soccer Team: 'I'm Not a Player, I'm an Owner' Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath's Back to the Beginning Final Show to Be Released in Theaters K-pop Rules as Netflix's 'KPop Demon Hunters' Soundtrack Holds ARIA No. 1 Releasing the single 'Better Me For You (Brown Eyes)' last November, McKnown recently told Billboard that he felt reluctant to share such a vulnerable single about his girlfriend of nearly two years. But the track quickly resonated with fans, becoming his first entry on Billboard's Country Airplay chart and the Billboard Hot 100 — and soon, the 23-year-old's perspective changed. 'I wasn't expecting a song that is so specifically about my girlfriend to do so well,' he reflects. 'It gives me a lot of encouragement to keep writing personal songs about my life.' McNown wrote 'Better Me For You' in May 2024 during a session with Trent Dabbs, Ava Suppelsa and writer-producer Jamie Kenney, at the lattermost's Nashville-area studio. At the time, McNown had a basic melody, a simple concept and the written phrase, 'I didn't know you'd have brown eyes,' which became central to the song's chorus. Produced by Jamie Kenney (Colbie Caillat, Laci Kaye Booth), the new tracks expand McNown's signature blend of folk, country and indie pop, with earthy tones and introspective lyrics inspired by his Pacific Northwest upbringing. Tracks like 'Same Questions' and 'St. Helen's Alpenglow' explore heartbreak and reflection, while 'The Cost of Growing Up' provides a melancholic meditation on life's challenges. The Nashville-based artist will bring his new music to stages across North America on the Forever Ain't Long Enough tour, kicking off Aug. 21 in Kansas City. He is also set to perform at Lollapalooza on Aug. 2. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart Solve the daily Crossword

Lyricist Alan Bergman, Known for ‘The Way We Were' & ‘Maude' Theme, Dead at 99
Lyricist Alan Bergman, Known for ‘The Way We Were' & ‘Maude' Theme, Dead at 99

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time18-07-2025

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Lyricist Alan Bergman, Known for ‘The Way We Were' & ‘Maude' Theme, Dead at 99

Legendary lyricist Alan Bergman died on Thursday (July 17) at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 99, it was announced Friday by family spokesman Ken Sunshine. His daughter Julie Bergman was present. Bergman suffered from respiratory issues in recent months, but continued to write songs till the very end. More from Billboard Gone But Not Forgotten: Musicians We Lost in 2025 K-pop Rules as Netflix's 'KPop Demon Hunters' Soundtrack Holds ARIA No. 1 Max McNown Expands 'Night Diving' With 11 New Songs: Stream It Now Bergman and his wife, Marilyn Bergman (who died in 2022 at age 93), are probably best known for writing exquisite ballads such as 'What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life,' 'Pieces of Dreams' and 'How Do You Keep the Music Playing?,' but they refused to be typecast. They also wrote the witty theme songs for such TV series as Maude, Good Times and Alice. The Bergmans won three Academy Awards, including best original song for 'The Windmills of Your Mind' from The Thomas Crown Affair and 'The Way We Were' from the movie of the same name and three Grammy Awards, including song of the year for 'The Way We Were.' The Bergmans received 15 Oscar nominations for best original song, a total equaled or bettered by only four songwriters in history – Sammy Cahn (26), Johnny Mercer (18), Diane Warren (16) and Paul Francis Webster (16). The Bergmans collaborated on their Oscar-nominated songs with seven different composers – Michel Legrand, Henry Mancini, Maurice Jarre, Marvin Hamlisch, David Shire, John Williams and Dave Grusin. In 1983 they became the first (and still only) songwriters to be nominated for three Oscars for best original song in one year for 'How Do You Keep the Music Playing' from Best Friends, 'It Might Be You' from Tootsie and 'If We Were in Love' from Yes, Giorgio. They also won four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. The Bergmans were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980 and received that organization's highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award, in 1997. They received a trustees award from the Recording Academy in 2013. The Bergmans also received lifetime achievement awards from the National Academy of Songwriters and the National Music Publishers Association. They received honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music and the University of Massachusetts. Alan Bergman's alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recognized him with its Distinguished Alumnus Award. In the years since his wife's death, Alan Bergman continued to write, record and perform. His final collaboration was with guitarist and composer Pat Metheny, who is set to record an album of nine Bergman/Metheny songs later this year. Bergman died just eight days after the announcement of a celebration in his honor on what would have been his 100th birthday on Sept. 11. Many of his friends and admirers were set to perform at a concert in his honor that night at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, Calif. The roster includes Patti Austin, Shelly Berg, Aloe Blacc, Jackson Browne, Peter Erskine, Michael Feinstein, David Finck, Mitch Forman, Jason Gould, Dave Grusin, Tamir Hendelman, Trey Henry, Roger Kellaway, Seth MacFarlane, Serge Merlaud, Greg Phillinganes, Paul Reiser, Lee Ritenour, Sheléa, Tierney Sutton and Lillias White. In addition, there were to have been video appearances by Bill Charlap, Natalie Dessay, Pat Metheny, Neima Naouri and Barbra Streisand, who paid tribute to Bergman and Marilyn on her Grammy-nominated 2011 album What Matters Most – Barbra Streisand Sings the Lyrics of Alan & Marilyn Bergman. The event would have served as a benefit for the Jazz Bakery, of which Bergman is a founding member of the board. The non-profit listening room has been called 'the most prestigious jazz space in Los Angeles.' Two of the artists who were on the bill for the birthday event shared comments in a statement. Five-time Grammy nominee Michael Feinstein said, 'The songs Alan and Marilyn have written are part of a pantheon of enduring music that will live long beyond Alan's Centenary, for they are timeless expressions of the human condition, and will never grow old. The love that they fundamentally lived, expressed and demonstrated in life, imbues their work with a special eloquence and truth. It is an honor to celebrate Alan on his 100th!' Actor, comedian and writer Paul Reiser commented, 'My goal in life is to try to be even a small fraction of the man — and artist — that my dear friend Alan Bergman is. (I may need more than 100 years to get there, but … working on it.)' In addition, Ruth Price, founder of the Jazz Bakery, said, '100 years on this planet is no small achievement, but to have graced those years with such love, beauty and art speaks to a life extraordinarily well lived. Alan is incomparable, and I love him for all kinds of reasons.' Survivors include his daughter Julie Bergman, a writer and film producer, and granddaughter Emily Sender, who just completed her masters in global food studies. There will be a private graveside burial. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart Solve the daily Crossword

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